HUGE Panasonic discounts on the S9

[Andrew Reid]

17 hours ago, ac6000cw said:

The current 'reasonably compact' FF zoom range mounted on the S9 (from the left, 18-40, 20-60, 28-200 and 24-60):

The best one out of all those is the 28-200mm.

Absolutely the best travel lens I have ever used.

Really light too.

[ac6000cw]

9 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

The best one out of all those is the 28-200mm.

It's been on my wish list for a while...

(I already own the 18-40 and 20-60, and I'm more likely to buy the more-compact APS-C Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 than the Pana 24-60).

[John Matthews]

I'm seeing deals in Germany and France for a S5D + 28-200 for 1299 euros- that's a great deal!

[ac6000cw]

15 hours ago, John Matthews said:

I'm seeing deals in Germany and France for a S5D + 28-200 for 1299 euros- that's a great deal!

It's similar in the UK (£1299).

Personally I think Panasonic should offer the S9 + 28-200 as a reasonably compact FF travel cam kit (e.g. like Sony have the APS-C A6700 + 18-135mm kit).

[MrSMW]

54 minutes ago, ac6000cw said:

It's similar in the UK (£1299)

The Euro deal is significantly better!

€1299 is 'only' about £1100.

[ac6000cw]

35 minutes ago, MrSMW said:

The Euro deal is significantly better!

€1299 is 'only' about £1100.

Good point 🙂(it did go lower than £1299 recently from a some sellers - see the red line below).

From https://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Panasonic/Panasonic-Lumix-S-Cameras/Panasonic-Lumix-S5D-Camera-with-28-200mm-Macro-Lens

...and for the S9 + 18-40 kit over the same period - https://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Panasonic/Panasonic-Lumix-S-Cameras/Panasonic-Lumix-S9-Camera-with-18-40mm-Lens: